Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,594, Arnold Glidden, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Glidden Arnold
15-94
Mass.
1 Hannah
CONTENTS

5 To the Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Kennebec Augusta Maine

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
On this twenty fourth day of November 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare and say, that he holds the office of town clerk of the town of Pittston in said County of Kennebec, that he has examined the records of marriages in said town for the purpose of finding the record of the marriage of Arnold Glidden and Kannah Hannah Davis, that he does not find in the said records any such entry, but that he does find in the Archives of the town, in his keeping, in a bundle or file of papers, a certificate of which he certifies that the following is a true copy, that the document appears to be genuine and of the age which its date indicates, that he has no reason to doubt that it is a genuine original certificate returned by the Justice to the town clerk of said town soon after the date. The copy is as follows.
Sir Sir, On the eighteenth December hundred and ninety eight, then the within named Arnold Glidden and Hannah  Kannah Davis were married by the law directs before Judah Jewett Justice of the Peace I certify that the above is a true copy of the original as

certificate on file in the office of the town clerk of Pittston, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the original in full and legible figures, as follows to wit: "Oct 18. 1798."
A. H. Clark Town Clerk of Pittston I A. H. Clark above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk of the town of Pittston in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the original certificate on file with the records of said town, of Pittston, with the exception of the date as above named as certified by me. I further say that in the year 1798 the county of Lincoln embraced the territory now included in the town of Pittston.
A. H. Clark Town Clerk of Pittston
Known to before me
Paul J Rollins Justice
I certify that the above named A. H. Clark is personally known to me & that full credit is to be given to his testimony
Paul J Rollins Justice

State of Maine County of Kennebec
I William M. Stratton Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for the County of Ken- nebec. do hereby certify that Paul J. Rollins Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly qualified to act as such and that the fore- going signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Coun- ty. this twenty ninth day of November A. D. 1848
W. M. Stratton

6170.
Maine. —
Arnold Glidden private
Massachusetts line — 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan'y 1819. and del d R. B. Vose, Augusta. Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 4 mo 22/30 — 37.86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48.00
$85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Aet 19th March, 1819. }
Pittston
Continued
Notification sent December 20. 1820 to R. B. Vose, Augusta, Maine.

247 Maine
Hannah Glidden widow of Arnold Glidden who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Massachusetts line one from 1810
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Jan'y 1837 and sent to
Dickens & Coombes Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 41, Vol. A.
July 29 th
b. Mr. Ezra Brathorne the pension to the soldier's widow exhausted the provision of law - 8 cent circular that claim after death of the soldier could not be considered

N 342 Hannah Liddon Heather  Hannah wid of Arnold Me
ad 29 May 1848
Mumford 1798
Mumford and 1841
Adm. f 80c pm 4 March 1848
J. B. Hill Bangor Me

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 29th July 1848.
State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss On this third day of January eight hundred and forty nine personally appears before me Hon. Frederick H. Allen Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District for the County of Penobscot aforesaid, in open Court Hannah Glidden a resident of China in the County of Penobscot in the State of Maine, aged, seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the law of the United States passed on the 29th July 1848. That she is the widow of Arnold Glidden, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That she is not able from recollection to state the particulars of her said husband's service but for the same refers to his declaration and the accompanying papers on file in the Department. That her said husband was a pensioner. She thinks under the act of 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Arnold Glidden on the eighteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight, that her husband the aforesaid Arnold Glidden died on the twenty fourth day of February 1841 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred and forty at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, and has never before made any application for a pension.
Witness Henry G. Field
Sworn and subscribed on the day & year above written before
Hannah Glidden
Frederick H. Allen Dist. Dist. Clerk

I William T. Williams Clerk of all the judi- cial courts for the County of Penobscot en- tify that Frederick H. Allen is a judge of the District Court for the Eastern District for the County of Penobscot, and that full faith and credit is to be given to his acts as such and that the foregoing signature hereunto affixed to the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed at the seal of the said District Court and subscribed my name this third day of January A.D. 1849.
W m T Williams Clerk.

State of Maine County of Penobscot ss
On this twenty eighth day of November A D 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace within and for said county, Abigail Fitch widows aged more than seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law. Doth on her oath declare and say that she is well acquainted with Hannah Glidden widows of Arnold Glidden now residing in Chester in said county of Penobscot as this deponent is informed and believes. That the said Hannah Glidden is the deponents sister. That her said sister was married to the said Arnold Glidden as this deponent believes in October 1798. That her maiden name was Hannah Davis. That the marriage took place at her mothers house in Hallowell, then now a part of Gardiner, in the county of Kennebec. That the magistrate who performed the ceremony was Judiah Jewett a justice of the Peace residing in Pittston, on the bank of the river opposite and near to her mothers. That she was well acquainted with the said Glidden, and the said justice and was present at the marriage and witnessed the ceremony. That the said Glidden and her said sister from the time of the said marriage to the time of the death of the said Glidden lived together as husband and wife and the deponent

always supposed that the were lawfully married at the time aforesaid. This deponent further says, that the said Glidden died, several years since and that her said sister has continued to be a widow from the time of his death to the date hereof
Witness.
E. P. Pendleton
Abigail her Fitch mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year first above said before me
H. H. Hill J. Pease
State of Maine
Penobscot Is:
I, William P. Hilliard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that John B. Hill is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, that he is duly qualified to act as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this Fourth day of January Anno Domini 1849.
Wm P Hilliard Clerk

U.S. PENSION JUL 1 1882 OFFICE

1594 Hannah
Chester June 28 th 1882.
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir
Some years since I received a letter from one Gen Benton stating that there was money in the U.S. Treasury or Pension department for all Revolutionary soldiers and we (the heirs) did not attend to it and now the letter is lost or destroyed. The information that I am in pursuit of is this. Whether there is anything in the Treasury or Pension department for one Arnold Glidden a a Soldier of Revolutionary  the war or his heirs. There are only two heirs now living a son & a daughter. By sending me the desired information you will greatly oblige. (one of the Heirs) yours Respectfully
Adolf. Mrs Susan Beathem
Lincoln Centre.
(In care of A. L. Chandler) Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Arnold Glidden , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Pittston , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the thirteenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Wm C. North C. C. C. Pleas 2 d East. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "John Davis". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned to the right of the attestation text.

Arnold Glidden, Pittston,
Pr. Col. Bigelow's, Mass.
Reg. 1777 to 1780
✓
April 13. 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the thirteenth day of April A D 1818, David Fish within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him -
Before me Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Judicial District
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Thomas Cope, of Pittston Maine of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare that I am acquainted with Arnold Giddon who subscribed the within deposition. From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support, he sustains the character of a man of truth Thomas Cope
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On thirteenth day of April A D 1818, Thomas Cope, before named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed -
Before me, Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Judicial District

Commonwealth of Massachusetts  I Arnold Glidden, aged fifty three years, a citizen of the United States, born in Bristol District of Maine, now a resident of Pittston in said District, upon oath testify and declare that I enlisted January 1776, into the United States army during the revolutionary war, upon the continental establishment against the common enemy into the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Pitcomb, and regiment by Col. Poor, of the New Hampshire line or troops, I served out and re-enlisted for the term of six weeks, into the company commanded by Capt. Kimball and regiment commanded by the same Col. Poor, I fully served out the period of my enlistments and took my honorable discharge at Morristown New Jersey February 1777, my discharge is lost and is not known to my knowledge in existence - I again enlisted September 28. 1779, for three years into the company commanded by Capt. Sylvanus Smith and regiment by Col. Timothy Digeles 15 Reg. Massachusetts line, into the continental establishment against the common enemy, I fully served out, and took my final honorable discharge at Orange town New Jersey the 28 Sep. 1780. - my discharge is lost and is now in existence to my knowledge - From my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge on any pension list whatever I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Columbia.
Arnold Glidden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Kennebec ss  On the thirteenth day of April A.D 1818, Arnold Glidden above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed -
Before me Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court C. Common Pleas Second Eastern Judicial District
Commonwealth of Massachusetts  I David Fish of Sidney Maine of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the above named Arnold Glidden, I am knowing to his having served the last period as above stated by him, as I belonged to the same company & regiment with him.  David Fish his mark

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State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twentyninth day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Jr Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Arnold Glidden aged  Sixtyfive years, resident in Whitefield in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain  Smith and Regiment commanded by Colonel Beiglelaw of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of Three years.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the  fourteenth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6178 . And I, the said Arnold  Glidden do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Arnold Glidden

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz :
I have no estate or income whatever Except a little necessary bedding and my clothes upon my back. Neither have I any debts due to me. Previously to my receiving the bounty of Government I was assisted by the town of Pittston; My occupation is that of a laborer; but from age and infirmity am able to labor but little. My family at home consists of six persons, myself my wife Hannah aged fifty one years, feeble afflicted with the rheumatism and able to labor very little, my daughter Elizabeth aged sixteen years who is feeble and unable to labor, my son George aged fourteen years, my son Charles aged twelve years and my daughter Hannah aged nine years.
Arnold Glidden.

Subscribed sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the twenty ninth day of May 1820.
Before me
Nathan Weston Jr
C.J.C.C.C. Pleas
A true copy
Attest J. M. Davis C.M.

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88
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Arnold Glidden
6178
Am
Mark
1829
R. F. Vose. Augusta, Maine.
R. F. Vose. Augusta, Maine.
August 2nd 1829
Friend (no title)
Miss Mary F. Vose
at her home
at Nat. Coffin's house

March 5, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Mildred MacKenzie 22 Lee Street Lincoln, Maine
ARNOLD GLIDDEN W. 1594 BA-J/ADY:MLB (Sick.)
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Arnold Glidden as found in the papers of the claims for pension under File No. W. 1594, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Arnold Glidden was born in Bristol, Maine; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Arnold Glidden enlisted, place not stated, in January, 1776, and served as private in Captains Benjamin Titcomb's and Kimball's companies, Colonel Poor's New Hampshire regiment, and was discharged in February, 1777. He enlisted September 23, 1777, and served as private in Captains Munro's and Sylvanus Smith's companies, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's 15" Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged September 23, 1780.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, aged sixty-three years. In 1820, he was living in Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine. He died February 24, 1841, place not designated. He was referred to as "late of Lincoln".
Arnold Glidden married October 18, 1798, Miss Hannah Davis. They were married at the home of her mother, in Hallowell, that part which was later called Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office of that place. The date and place of birth of Hannah Davis and names of her parents were not given.
Soldier's widow, Hannah Glidden, was allowed pension on her application executed January 3, 1849, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Chester, Penobscot County, Maine. She died February 24, 1854, place not stated.

In 1820, Arnold Glidden's children were referred to as Elizabeth, aged sixteen years, George, aged fourteen years, Charles, twelve years old, and Hannah, nine years old.
In 1882, the post-office address of Mrs. Susan Beathern was Lincoln Center, Maine, C/o A. L. Chandler. She stated then that only two heirs of soldier were then living - she, the daughter of soldier, and soldier's son, his name and age not designated.
In 1843, Abigail Fitch, a sister of soldier's widow, Hannah Glidden, was of Penobscot County, Maine. Said Abigail was then a widow, and "more than" seventy-three years of age. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1921 Apr 7. First to Geo. Walter Chan- berlain 1940 Jan 4. Hct to Mrs. Ethel P. Sheehan N.Y. 1948 Mar 5 - First to Mrs. Mildred Marquette (Ltr in chv. A. 32746 Benjamin Franklin City 1948)
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1594  Harmon Gidden  Widow.  Arnold Gidden  Ind. Res. War
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: —Vol. R , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1.24 Maine
Reported
Hannah Glidden widow of Arnold Glidden who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of June, 1849 and sent to
J. B. Merrill Bangor, Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848, Page 7 Vol. 1
29 July,
Book R.

Arnold Gladden, Mr ad 18 March 1818, #96 00 pr an
To what time was he last paid
96 A
Pension Office } June 29 th 1849 }
Died 24 th Feb. 1841.
P d to his death 125 1/2

State of Maine.
I Nathl. Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is
Nothing dollars and  not cents, and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule; the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is dollars and Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, July 6 th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Arnold Glidden served as a Soldier in Capt. Munroe's Company, and Col. Biglow's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Sept. 23 rd 1777 to 23 rd Sept. 1780, being three years and  months.
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Act 29 July 1848
Ino to 79th deg 680 per An Comg 4 March 1848,
H Bradford
Portland
Wales
Lickers & Hoombs
Present

State of Maine.
Penobscot, ss.
I, William C. Billiard, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
James B. Cleveland,
Esquire, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such;
and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this Tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Wm C Billiard Clerk.

State of Maine, Penobscott County S p .
On this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Glidden a resident of Chester in said County aged twenty five years who upon oath declares that she is the widow of Arnold Glidden late of Lincoln deceased. She states that her said husband was a soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 and that he drew a pension in his life time at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum and died on the 24 th day of February A D 1841. She further states that she was married to the said Arnold Glidden prior to 1800 and that she has received the benefits of the act passed on and since the 7 th of July 1838, and now receives a pension at the rate of $80 per annum under the act of 29 th July 1848. She refers the commissioner of Pensions to the declaration made for the benefit of the act aforesaid.

and transmits her Pension Certificate in support of her identity and claims a pension by virtue of the act aforesaid and the joint resolution of July 1 st 1848, of $96 per annum. Witness, Caroline M c Honeg Hannah her Glidden mark
Penobscott ss.
Then personally appeared the above named Hannah Glidden whom I know to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is true.
Before me James B. Cleveland Jus Peace
James E. Heath Esq
Comm r of Pensions
Please report this case to Dickins & Coombs Agents & Attorneys of Washington City, Freeman Bradford

Bangor March 7. 1849
Col James L Edwards Comm of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I
send the declaration and proofs in the case of Hannah Glidden, under the act of July 29 1848. The delay in sending the papers was caused by the dep- osition of A. H. Clark not being returned to me till last night. Please forward the certificate when you see me, and oblige
Very respectfully yours
M. Hall

Mulglidden
Payment to be made at
Portland
by
Wm Woodbury Esq.,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Maine.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February
1848
21 1848, Page
Vol. 1
book Q
J. L. Dampkin,
Clerk.
Sept 1849. Cheque three years before due date

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
July 29 th
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d , 1848,
Hannah Glidden, of Maine, widow of Arnold Glidden, who was a Private, in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 30 th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Portland Maine 12-9-1939.
To U.S. Pension Dept.
Can you tell me the age of Arnold Glidden when he first enlisted in the Rev War? The following is something of his record.
Arnold Glidden In Capt Benjamin Titcomb's Reg, N.H. 1776. reenlisted in Capt Kimbals Co, reenlisted in 1777 for three years in Capt Sylvanas Smiths Reg.
He was also an 1812 soldier
Will you please send me what information you have, as to age and service.
Mrs. Etta Reed Sheehan # 276 Brackett St Portland, Maine.

29 Hillside Avenue, Malden, Mass. March 1, 1921.
Rev. MK
Dear Sir:
I am wanting information relating to Arnold Glidden , a Revolutionary pensioner, who lived in Chester and Howland, Penobscot Co., Maine. Where did he enlist? When and when did he die? What was his service? etc.
Very truly, Geo. Walter Chamberlain

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
No. 1592
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Amold Glidden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1776 July 1777 Benjamin Litchcomb Kimball Pass N.H.   Sept. 1777 3 yrs. Sylvanus Smith Timothy Biglow N.H.      
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 13. 1818. His el. was el.
Residence at date of application, Pittston, Kennebec Co. Dist. Me.
Age at date of application, 63 yrs. born in Bristol, Dist. of Me.
Remarks:
{ died Feb'y 24. 1841, place not stated He was Oct. 10. 1798 at Hallowell Me. Hannah Davis. He was allowed pension on an app. ex. Jan'y 3. 1849 while a resident of Chester, Penobscot Co. Me. aged 75 yrs. In 1820 he alleged his wife Hannah was 57 yrs. old & children Elizabeth 16 yrs. George 14 yrs. Charles 12 yrs. and Hannah 9 yrs. old.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

March 5, 1940
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Mrs. Mildred MacKenzie 22 Lee Street Lincoln, Maine
Arnold Glidden, W. 1594 Benjamin Kimball, S. 32946 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Arnold Glidden who was born in Bristol, Maine, in 1754, served from Pittston, Maine, died in 1841 in Lincoln, Maine, leaving a widow, Hannah; also Benjamin Kimball who was born in 1756 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, married twice, died July 16, 1833, leaving a widow, Huldah. You state that he had a son Aaron.
The records requested by you are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 4, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Etta R. Sheehan 276 Brackett Street Portland, Maine
BA-5/ady Arnold Glidden W.1594
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Arnold Glidden, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claims, W.1594, based upon the military service in that war of Arnold Glidden.
Arnold Glidden was born in Bristol, Maine, date, and the names of his parents are not shown.
Arnold Glidden enlisted, place not given, in January 1776, and served as private in Captains Benjamin Titcomb's and Kimball's Companies, Colonel Peir's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in February 1777. He enlisted September 23, 1777, and served as private in Captains Munro's and Sylvanus Smith's Companies, Colonel Timothy Bigelow's Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged September 23, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, and aged sixty-three years.
In 1820, he was residing in Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine.
He died February 24, 1841, place not stated. He was referred to as "late of "Lincoln".
Soldier married October 18, 1788, Miss Hannah Davis. They were married at the home of her mother, in Hallowell, that part which was later called Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Their marriage was recorded on the records in Pittston, Lincoln County, later Kennebec County, Maine. The names of her parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Hannah Glidden, was allowed pension on her application executed January 3, 1849, at which time she was aged seventy-five years, and a resident of Chester, Penobscot County, Maine.
She died February 24, 1854, place not stated. An a13.
In 1820, soldier's children, were referred to as Elizabeth, was aged sixteen years, George, was aged fourteen years, Charles, was twelve years old, and Hannah, was nine years old.
In 1882, the post office address of Mrs. Susan Beathern was Lincoln Center, Maine, c/o A. L. Chandler. She stated then that only two heirs of soldier were then living - she, the daughter of soldier, and soldier's son, his name and age not given.
In 1848, Abigail Fitch, a sister of soldier's widow, Hannah Glidden, was of Penobscot County, Maine. Said Abigail was then a widow, and "more than" seventy-three years of age. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator